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Troubleshooting Lab Manager database access

Initialization wizard appears and attempts to reinstall Lab Manager
The Lab Manager service does not start
Upgrading the Lab Manager server fails
You receive the following error:

Alert!
Cannot open database requested in login 'LabManager'. Login fails. Login failed for user 'sa'.

This article provides steps to verify that the Lab Manager database is present and working correctly.

To verify that the Lab Manager database is present and working:

Verify that the database file exists in %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL$VLM\Data\LabManager.mdf.
Check that the database file is available to SQL.

To check that the database file is available:
1. Open a command prompt. For more information, see Opening a command or shell prompt (1003892) .
2. Run the osql -S localhost\VLM -E -d labmanager command.
  - If the response is 1> , the database is present. Run the exit command to quit osql
  - If the response is Cannot open database requested in login 'labmanager'. Login fails. there may be a problem with the Lab Manager database. Restore the database from backup or reinstall Lab Manager.

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